Definition of Internal spermatic artery

1. Noun. A branch of the aorta supplying the testicles.


Medical Definition of Internal spermatic artery

1. Origin, aorta; branches, ureteral, cremasteric, epididymal; distribution, testicle and parts designated by names of branches; anastomoses, branches of renal, inferior epigastric, deferential. Synonym: arteria testicularis, arteria spermatica interna, internal spermatic artery. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Internal Spermatic Artery

internal pyocephalus
internal radiation therapy
internal ramus of accessory nerve
internal reduction
internal representation
internal resorption
internal respiration
internal revenue
internal revenue agent
internal rhyme
internal rhymes
internal saphenous nerve
internal secretion
internal semilunar fibrocartilage of knee joint
internal sphincter muscle of anus
internal spiral sulcus
internal squint
internal strabismus
internal surface
internal surface of frontal bone
internal surface of parietal bone
internal thoracic artery
internal thoracic lymphatic plexus
internal thoracic plexus
internal thoracic vein
internal traction
internal urethral opening

Literary usage of Internal spermatic artery

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Anatomy, Descriptive and Applied by Henry Gray (1913)
"The internal spermatic artery, a branch of the abdominal aorta, escapes from the abdomen at the abdominal inguinal ring, and accompanies the other ..."

2. Manual of Practical Anatomy by Daniel John Cunningham (1921)
"In the cord it lies posteriorly, behind the internal spermatic artery and the ... At the abdominal inguinal ring it leaves the internal spermatic artery, ..."

3. Medical Record by George Frederick Shrady, Thomas Lathrop Stedman (1895)
"The internal spermatic artery has, for the testis, the significance of a ... Interruption of the flow of blood through the internal spermatic artery, ..."

4. Cunningham's Manual of Practical Anatomy by Daniel John Cunningham, Arthur Robinson (1914)
"On the right side the internal spermatic artery passes in front of the vena cava inferior and behind the terminal part of the ileum. ..."

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